Non-rei illable bottle



Patented July 8, 1919.

IN VE N TOR A TTORNE Y Tmz COLUMBIA IIANOuRAPH (30., WASHINGTON. D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SVERRE CHRISTENSEN, OF ASTORIA, OREGON.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Application filed. July 1, 1918.

Z '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Svnnnn CHRISTENSEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Astoria, in the county of Clatsop and State of Oregon, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in non-refillable bottles and hasfor its principal object to provide a bottle of this character which cannot be refilled by an unauthorized person, without detection.

I accomplish this and other objects by the peculiar combination andarrangement of the various elements as will be more fully set forth inthe following specification, shown in the accompanying drawings andfinally pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved device. Fig.2 is a similar elevation of the device showing edgewise view of thelocking member and cap. Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the cover for oneof the apertures in the bottle. Fig. 1 is an enlarged detailed viewshowing the key and a portion of the locking member. Fig. 5 is anelevation of the bottle contained in its tilting frame.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings numeral 1 indicates thebottle which may be of glass or other suitable material and having apointed bottom as at 2 so that the bottle will not stand up erect as aflat bottom bottle will do; 3 indicates an ordinary tin cup which fitsover the edge of the bottle in the manner well known; 4L is a strip ofthe same material from which the cap 3 is stamped and extendsclownwardly to an opening 5 in the bottle. The lower end of the member 4terminates in a cap 4 similar to the cap 3 and effectually closes thesupplemental opening 5. Within the opening 5 and beneath the cap l is aplate 6 fixed within the supplemental opening and having numerous smallapertures 7 therethrough. The member 4 has attached to it a key 8 of theform generally used for the opening of sardine boxes and the like.

The operation of my device is as follows: The bottle 1 is filled throughthe upper open Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 8, 1919.

Serial No. 242,906.

ing as usual, the cap 3 is secured around the upper opening and thesupplemental cap is secured around the supplemental opening 5. hen it isrequired to pour the contents from the bottle 1 the key 8 is turnedwhich breaks the member 4 and wraps one portion of it around the key,after which the liquid may be poured out through the small apertures 7in the plate (3 which is fixed to the inner side of the supplementalopening 5. The bottle, of course, when in use, is set in a suitableframe, which inclines the bottle at an angle with the supplementalopening 5 such as shown in Fig. 5, wherein 9 represents a support bar atright angles as plainly shown. From the foregoing it will be seen thatit would be very tedious and difficult to refill the bottle through thesupplemental opening 5 and especially is this true if the liquid beheavy such as catsup, etc. Besides this if an unauthorized person shouldso fill the bottle it could not be resold again without the factbecoming plain that the bottle had been refilled, because the member 4would be destroyed as well as the supplemental cap 4. In other wordswhen the bottle is filled for the first time the cap 3, member l, cap 4and key S are all in their proper positions and when once destroyed bybeing opened, such destruction is evidence that it has been once opened.

lVhile I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention, Iam aware that many minor changes may be made therein which would fallclearly within the spirit and scope of my invention and I do nottherefore wish to be confined to the exact form hereinabove described,except as indicated in the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protectby Letters Patent, is

1. In combination, a non-refillable bottle comprising a body whichtapers at its lower end to form a point and formed at its top with a.neck open at its end, the top edge of the neck being inclined, the upperportion of the body having an auxiliary opening, and

a one piece sealing element having a cap at opposite ends to fit overand close the open.-

ing in the neck and the auxiliary opening in close the openings in theneck and the body the body. of the bottle. 10 2. In combination, anon-fiilable bottle In testimony whereof I afiix my signature providedwith a neck, the upper end of in the presence of two Witnesses. 5 whichis inclined and an opening formed SVERRE CHRISTENSEN.

in the upper portion of the body of the bot- Witnesses: tie, and asealing element comprising a fleXi- MARGUERITE LEYDA, ble strip and capsat each end of the strip to FRED P. GORIN.

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